THOMAS GRIMER LANG was born in 1803 in Georgia, according to all
census records. He is believed to be a son of JOHN LANG and MARGARET _________
of 1820 Jones Co, 1810 of Jasper Co and of prior to 1800 of Greene County. A
series of LANGs with the name JOHN dates back to 1727 in South Carolina. The
1830 Henry Co census lists MARGARET age 60-70, THOMAS G LANG age 20-30, JOHN C
Lang age 20-30 and ROBERT LANG age 40-50. Thomas G and John C were brothers
living next door to each other. It is possible that ROBERT is the father of
Thomas G. and John C. (both Robert and his wife are old enough).

THOMAS LANG married MARIA ELIZA SAVAGE 14Aug1823 in Augusta,
Richmond Co GA. It is believed that Maria Eliza died in childbirth of WILLIAM W
LANG as no further records of her have been found. Also, no other records of a
Thomas Lang family have been found to indicate that this family moved elsewhere
during that time.

Family members: Thomas G Lang. Nancy Harper Lang, William W,
Elizabeth, Thomas N,Joshua B, Olive,
David J, son unknown and Nancy. They lived near present day Roscoe, their land
bordering the Chattahoochee River.

NANCY (HARPER) LANG appears to have died about 1844-45, during or
after the birth of Joseph. It is believed that she is buried in the Lang/Moore
cemetery on the Lang homestead near Roscoe in Coweta County. One grave covered
with large white mussel shell from the river is near the graves of Thomas G,
Sarah T (Sallie) and Harriet (4th wife)

THOMAS G LANG m. SARAH T MOORE (Sallie) August 16, 1846 inCoweta Co.

son: FRANCIS M LANG b.1847GAd.

son: BENJAMIN F LANG b.1849 GAd.

1850 Coweta Co. GA census, Pg-288/67/67 lists:( )= my notes

NameAge SexOccupationReal EstPers PropBorn

Thomas G.Lang47 MFarmer$5000GA (b.1803)

Sarah T.""30 F(Sallie Moore)SC (b.1820)

Elizabeth""24 FGA (b.1825)

Thomas N.""20 MFarmerGA (b.1828)

Joshua B.""19 M""GA
(b.1831)

Olive""13 F(Olive16)*GA
(b.1834)

David J.""11 M(David J. 14)*GA (b.1836)

Nancy""9 F(Nancy A. 12)*GA (b.1838)

Josey""8 M(Josey F / James)GA (b.1842)

Joseph""6 MGA (b.1844)

Francis M.""3 MGA (b.1847)

B.F.""2 M(Benjamin F.)GA (b.1848)

BetseyHarper40 F(Elizabeth)GA
(b.1810)

Missoury ""5 FGA (b.1845)

Mary""2 FGA (b.1848)

Note: *Ages on census for Olive, David J and
Josey were incorrect. Latercensus ages and grave
marker dates are noted.

WILLIAM
W LANG (age 26) was not found in the 1850 census. ELIZABETH, THOMAS N, JOSHUA
B, OLIVE, DAVID J, NANCY, Josey and Joseph are the children of NANCY HARPER.
FRANCIS M. and BENJAMIN F appear to be the children of SARAH T (Sallie) MOORE,
as were several other children born later.

ASA
HARPER, Pg-288/66/66, next door in the census appears to be a brother of NANCY
HARPER, 2nd wife of Thomas G. Lang.

BETSY
(Elizabeth) HARPER with two children in the household of Thomas G. Lang appears
to be the sister-in-law of Thomas G. Lang and Asa Harper.

WILLIAM
W. LANG and BETSEY HARPER married 06Nov1851 in Coweta County. He was 27 and she
was 41. They moved to Campbell Co. and were there in 1860 (Listed as WILLIAM W
LONG in census)
with ASA HARPER living next door. There are no records of children being born
to them. William W. Lang died in the Civil War.

JOSHUA
BAKER LANG married LETTY A.HOLLAND Abt.1852. They had five children; NANCY E.
(1853) JAMES H.THOMAS(1856), DAVID ANDREW JACKSON(1859), HILLYARD A. (1861) and
MARY A. (1856). Mary A. was born after Joshua B Lang was killed in the Civil
War. Lettie is believed to be the sister of Harriett Ann Holland Shelnut who
marries Thomas Grimer Lang after the death of Sallie Moore.

THOMAS
NEWTON LANG married ELIZABETH R. CARROLL 01Jan1855 Coweta Co GA. She appears to
have been the eldest daughter of MICHAEL REDWINE CARROLL and MARY BULLARD.
Thomas N. and Elizabeth had eight children, but only three sons lived, JAMES
WOODSON (b.1855), MICHAEL REDWINE (b.1860) and THOMAS J. (b.1862), all the sons
appear to have been born in Paulding Co. Thomas N and Elizabeth lived most of
their lives near Hiram in Paulding Co, except in 1870 when they were listed in
Coweta on the family homestead. Thomas Newton Lang died in 1901 and Elizabeth
R. Carroll Lang died in 1906. They both are buried in Poplar Springs Cemetery
near Hiram
GA.

1860
Coweta Co. GA census Pg-799 lists:( ) = my
notes.

NameAge SexOccupationReal EstPers PropBorn

Thomas G.Lang57 MFarming$7180$2816GA

Sarah T.""39 FSC(Sarah T (Sallie) Moore)

Elizabeth""34 FGA

Ollive""26 F""

David J.""24 M""

Nancy A.I.""22 F""

James""18 M""(Josey F.)

Joseph""16 M""

Francis M.""12 M""

Benjamin F. ""11 M""

Jasper E.""9 M""

NameAge SexOccupationReal EstPers PropBorn

Joshua B.Lang28 MFarming$ 600GA

Letty A.""31 F""(Lettie A. Holland?)

Nancy E.""7 F""

James H.T.""4 M""

David A.J.""1 M""

1860
Paulding Co. GA census Pg-737 lists: ( ) = my notes.

NameAge SexOccupationReal EstPers PropBorn

T. N.Lang30 MDay Laborer$ 130GA(Thomas Newton Lang)

Elizabeth""21 F(Elizabeth R. Carroll)""

James""4 M(James Woodson Lang)""

Michael""4/12 M(Michael Redwine Lang)""

1860
Campbell Co. GA census Pg-322 lists: ( ) = my notes.

NameAge SexOccupationReal EstPers PropBorn

William W. Long36 MFarmerGa(William W Lang)

Elizabeth""50 F(Betsey _______ Harper)""

MasouriceHarper 15 F""

Mary""12 F""

Note:Also
living next door to William W Lang was Asa Harper (49), Caroline (54)Thomas
(20) and Joseph C. (15). It is believed that Elizabeth Lang was priviously
married to the brother of Asa Harper and Nancy Harper.

The
CIVIL WAR took its toll on this LANG family. Those who went to war for the
South were WILLIAM W, THOMAS NEWTON, JOSHUA B, DAVID J, JOSEY(James) and JOSEPH.
Of the six sons who served in the war, only Thomas N. Lang appears to have
survived.

William W. Lang died in field hospital,
Savannah GA 01Apr1864.

Thomas N. Lang, CSA 1861-1865 (b.1829
d.1901)survived the war.

Joshua B. Langwounded Kennesaw Mtn, died Atlanta GA hosp.
1864.

David J. Lang entered CSA 1861, no record
of him ever found after the war.

Josey F. Langcaptured Atlanta, died Camp Chase Ohio
25Aug1864.

Joseph Lang died in field hospital,
Knoxville TN 1862.

SARAH
T. (MOORE) LANG died about 1864. THOMAS G. LANG married HARRIET ANN (HOLLAND) SHELNUTT
about 1865 or 1866. They had three children before the 1870 census,

Son: LINDSEY I (b.1867) Note: One family ancestry has him as Thomas Lindsey
Lang.

Note:
John R. Carroll in this census appears to be the son of Michael Redwine Carroll
and Mary Bullard, as shown in the 1860 Paulding Co GA census. It is believed
that he is the brother of Elizabeth R. (Carroll) Lang.

Note:
Lettie A. (Holland) Lang married John W. Kelly after the death of Joshua Baker
Lang in the Civil War. She is listed in this census with the children of Joshua
and a son with John Kelly. They appear to be living in one of the houses on the
Thomas G. Lang homestead.

1870
census
Pg-252 living in the household of Napoleon Morris age 21:

NameAge Sex Col OccupationReal
EstPers PropBorn

Lang,
John22MWFarm LaborerGA(parentage unknown)

In
the household of Thomas G. Lang is listed ELLIOT I LANG, ISAAH A LANG and MARY
F(Frances) LANG. All appear to be grand-children. None were located in the 1860
census. According to the 1880 census ISAAH and MARY FRANCES were only 7 years
old in 1870. It appears that ISAAH A LANG is the son of OLIVE LANG (born out of wedlock
during the Civil War) since he is shown as her son living with her in 1880 after her
marriage to WILLIAM B BULLARD. Parentage of the others is undetermined.

A
new house was built for the LANG family around 1870 while Thomas N. Lang and
Francis M. Lang were living on the homeplace in Coweta Co. The two story house
was described as an early Georgian architectural style with hand carved dentils
(decorations) withbeautifully crafted
chimneys and windows with handmade glass panes. In the Civil War Thomas N Lang
was an "Artificer" (Engineer/Craftsman).

THOMAS
N. LANG and his family moved back to Paulding Co. GA between 1870 and 1880,
where he and ELIZABETH R CARROLL LANG spent the remainder of their lives.

OLIVE
LANG married WILLIAM B. BULLARD 23Dec1874 in Coweta Co. She was 40 years old at
the time. Nothing more is known about William B. Bullard, as he was not found
in the 1870 census of Coweta Co. He appears to have died or they divorced (unlikely) prior to the 1880
census.

JASPER
E. LANG married LUCY J. SHELNUTT 05Dec1876 in Coweta Co. GA. They had at least
two children, HENRY (b.1877/78) and WILLIAM C. (b.1879). They were not found in
the 1900 census in Coweta County and were probably living elsewhere during that
time.

1880
Coweta Co. GA census Pg-415 lists: () = my notes.

NameCol Sex AgeOccupationBorn FaMo

Lang, Thomas G.WM77Head Farmer (rheumatism) Ga Ga Ga

"" , Harriet H. WF53Wife"" "" ""
Harriet Holland Shelnut)

"" , ElizabethWF54Dau."" ""
""

"" , Nancy A.WF47Dau."" ""
""

"" , Lindsey I.WM13Son"" ""
""

"" , Allen H.WM10Son(twins)""
"" ""

"" , Sarah H.WF10Dau."""" "" ""

"" , Mary Francis WF17Adopted Grandchild"" "" ""

Shelnutt, Joseph A WM16Stepson"" "" ""

NameCol Sex AgeOccupationBorn FaMo

Bullard, OliveWF43Head (Olive Lang age 46) Ga Ga Ga

Lang, IsaahWM17SonFarm Laborer""
"" ""

NameCol Sex AgeOccupationBorn FaMo

Lang, Jasper E.WM28HeadFarmerGa Ga Ga

"" , Lucy I.WF26Wife(Lucy J Shelnutt) "" "" ""

"" , HenryWM2Son"" ""
""

"" , William C.WM1Son"" "" ""

Lang, Francis M.WM32HeadFarm LaborerGa Ga Ga

"" , Letty E.WF30Wife(Lettie E Shelnut)"" "" ""

"" , James F.WM10Son"" ""
""

"" , Maggie I.WF9Dau."" ""
""

"" , Mary E.WF7Dau."" ""
""

"" , Sarah D.WF5Dau."" ""
""

Note: All of these families appear to be
living on the LANG homplace, but in different houses.
This indicates that there were at least four houses located on the farm.

*
Note 2: Robert S. Lang b.08Aug1879 d.25Jan1922. buried in Poplar Springs
Baptist Church Cemetery. It is unknown if J.L. is actually Robert S. in this
census.

1880
Campbell Co GA census Page 608B lists: () = my notes

NameCol Sex AgeOccupationBorn FaMo

Kelly, JohnWM83HeadFarmingSC GerSC

"", Letta AWF 51Wife Keeping HouseGASCSC (widow of Joshua B Lang)

"", Nancy EWF24DauFarm LabororGASCGA
(Nancy E Lang)**

"", David A WM21SonFarmingGASCGA (David A J Lang)**

"", Hilliard A WM19SonFarmingGASCGA (Hilliard A Lang)**

"", Mary AnnWF15DauFarm LabororGASCGA
(Mary Ann Lang)**

"", Joel LWM10SonFarm
LabororGASCGA
(Jacob L Kelly)

**Note:
Children of Joshua B Lang and Lettie E Holland werelisted under the name "Kelly" in
this census.

HARRIETT
ANN SHELNUTT (nee HOLLAND) LANG b.15Mar1827 d.28Sep1880 as inscribed on her
gravestone. A book "History of Coweta County", page 68, also lists
her death. She was written as 66 years old, but according to the marker she was
only 53 years old.

THOMAS
GRIMER LANG b.1803 d.25Mar1881 according to a descendant, JIMMY LANG (per Coweta Co
Genealogy Society). The year of death was also noted in a book "Coweta County
Chronicles" by Jones & Reynolds, page 245. He was written as being
between 80 and 90 years old, but he was only 78 years old when he died.

THOMAS
GRIMER LANG, SARAH T (Sallie) MOORE LANG, and HARRIET H. SHELNUTT (nee HOLLAND)
LANG are buried in Coweta Co on the old LANG family homestead, in marked
graves. The family cemetery, known locally as the LANG/MOORE cemetery, is
located about 300 feet to the Northeast from the house next to an old field
road that goes to the Chattahoochee River. There are about twenty graves in the
cemetery, but only the three have tombstones, which are handmade from concrete.
One grave, near those with tombstones, is covered with white mussell shells
from the river while others are marked only with stones. The old LANG home is
still being lived in to this day.

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THOMAS GRIMER LANG HOMESTEAD:

The
THOMAS GRIMER LANG homestead was 384 acres according to the 1840 Coweta Co GA
Tax List. It is located in the Northwest corner of Coweta County GA and
bordered on the West by the Chattahoochee River. The home and cemetery is on
ADCOCK Road on a very sharp bend (about 300 degrees). See Maps.Directions:

From
NEWNAN GA, the county seat, go NORTH on SR-70 about 10 miles to the community
of Roscoe. (SR-70 makes a sharp 90 degree turn to the East at this point and
Oliver Potts Road is to the left).

Turn
LEFT (West) on OLIVER POTTS ROAD, go about 1 to 1-1/2 miles to dead end
at ADCOCK ROAD.

Turn
RIGHT (North) on ADCOCK ROAD, go about 1 to 1-1/2 miles to where the
road makes a very sharp bend to the right. The two story house is located on
the outside of the bend. The LANG/MOORE cemetery is located about 100 yds to
the right of the house down an old field trail through the woods (look on the right
side of the road).

(note:
Adcock Road also goes North off of Oliver Potts Road about about 1/4 mile West
of SR-70 just past Starr Pond Road. This way also may be taken to the house on
the sharp bend)

1900
Coweta Co GA census lists: ( ) = my notes

NameCol Sex AgeYear MonthBorn FaMo

Pg-164Lang, A. H.WM30Jan1870HeadGa Ga Ga (Allen Howton
Lang)

"" , GenaWF25Sep1874Wife""
"" "" (Gena (Gener)Sewell)

"" , TommieWM6Nov1893Son"" "" ""

"" , OvieWF3Jun1896Dau""
"" "" (Irene)

"" , HattieWF 10/12 Jul1899Dau""
"" ""

NameCol Sex AgeYear MonthBorn FaMo

Pg-122Lang, J. M.WM31Jan1869HeadGa Ga Ga(James F Lang)

"" , N. M.WF29Nov1871Wife ""
"" ""

"" , G. G.WF11Jul1888Dau"" "" ""

"" , W. B.WM6May1894Son"" "" ""

NameCol Sex AgeYear MonthBorn FaMo

Pg-140Edwards, JoeWM46Apr1854HeadGa Ga Ga

"", SarahWF30Jan1870Wife""
"" "" (Sarah H Lang)

"", MaudWF6Mar1894Dau""
"" ""

NameCol Sex AgeYear MonthBorn FaMo

Pg-97Osmore, SimeonWM40Aug1867HeadGa Ga Ga

"", Mary F.WF40Dec1859Wife"" ""
""(Mary Frances Lang)

"", RobertWM10Aug1889Son""
"" ""

"", RichardWM7Nov1892Son""
"" ""

"", JohnWM3May1896Son""
"" ""

"", StellaWF1Feb1899Dau""
"" ""

Lang, NancyWF62Mar1838Aunt-in LawGa Ga GA

1900
Paulding Co GA census lists: () = my notes

NameCol Sex Age Year MonthBorn FaMo

Pg-94Lang, Thomas N.WM72May1828Headm-47 yrsGa Ga Ga

"" , ElizabethWF61Apr1839Wife*note 1"" "" "" (Elizabeth R Carroll)

Note
1: Census indicates 8 children born, 3 living.

NameCol Sex AgeYear MonthBorn FaMo

Pg-81Lang, James W.WM44Nov1855Headm-9 yrsGa Ga Ga

"" , LorettaWF30Feb1870Wife*note 1"" "" ""

"" , Robert S. WM20Aug1879Son*note 2"" "" ""

"" , William F WM17Jun1882Son*note 2"" "" ""

note
1:Census indicates 3 children born,
3 living

note
2:Robert S. and William F. are sons
by first marriage to Mary J. Rakestraw. Census notation indicated 3 living
children of the present marriage, but none are listed (??).

Note:
MICHAEL R. LANG and his brother THOMAS J. LANG left Paulding Co GA
about 1892/95 and moved to Texas where they settled in Smith County near Garden
Valley.

1900
Smith Co TX census lists: () = my notes

PageNameCol
Sex Age Year MonthBorn FaMo

4(?)Lang, Mike R.WM40Jan1860HeadGa Ga Ga

"" , Eliza M.WF27Dec1872Wife"" ""
""

"" , Thelmer G WM2Jan1898SonTX Ga Ga

PageNameCol Sex Age Year MontBorn FaMo

15Lang, Thomas J. WM35Jan1865HeadGaGaGaNote 1

"" , Maggie V. WF32Nov1867Wife " "" ""

note 1:The listing for Thomas J.
Lang does not match up with some of the info given below under his name, ie.
wife's name, no children listed, etc. (See info that follows).

Note:
JAMES THOMAS LANG and his brother DAVID ANDREW JACKSON LANG left
Campbell Co GA about 1892/93 and moved to Texas. They moved again 1898/99 from
Texas to Oklahoma Territory. Other siblings of the two may have moved with them
also.

THOMAS
N. LANG b.12Aug1829
Henry Co d.1901 Paulding Co. ELIZABETH R.(CARROLL)LANG b.1839 d.1900/10 Paulding
Co. They are listed in 1900 Paulding Co GA census Pg-94a. They are buried in
the Poplar Springs Baptist Church cemetery located at the intersection of GA-92
and US-278 near Hiram GA in Paulding Co.

ELIZABETH
LANGb.16Jul1825 Newton Co?d.10Dec1898 Coweta Co.She appears to have never married, however
her gravestone is inscribed "A loving mother and a faithful friend". .
She is buried in Andrews Chapel cemetery near Roscoe in Coweta County. She
appears to have had a daughter, Mary Frances Lang who married Simeon Peeples
Osmore (Ozmore). According to Ozmore family history, Elizabeth was raped by an
Indian by the Chattahoochee River, and Mary Frances was the result

OLIVE
(LANG) BULLARD was not found in the 1900 census. It is unknown when or where she
died or where she is buried. Her son ISAAH was not found in the 1900 census and
it is unknown what happened to him.

NANCY
A.I. LANG
b.12Mar1838 d.21Nov1908 Coweta Co. She was never married. She may have been
mentally deficient. In the 1900 census she was living with Simeon Peeples
Osmore and Mary Frances Lang Osmore (her niece).Her gravestone inscription
reads "She was the sunshine of our home". She is buried next to her
sister ELIZABETH in Andrews Chapel cemetery near Roscoe in Coweta County.

ELLIOT
I. LANG
was not located in the census after 1870, however he married HESTER LEE
20Aug1893 in Coweta Co. The census of 1870 and this marriage record are the
only two items found of him.

They
are listed in 1900 census of Coweta Co Pg-166a. Sarah never remarried after the
death of Joe. They are both buried in Macedonia Baptist Church cemetery on
Hwy-70, north of Newnan, in Coweta Co. GA.

They
are listed in 1900 Coweta Co census Pg-164b, and he is listed in 1910 Coweta Co
census Pg-166a with five children. Allen H. Lang appears to have never
remarried after his wife's death. They are both buried in Macedonia Baptist
Church cemetery on Hwy-70, north of Newnan, in Coweta Co. GA.

The
Families, death dates and burial places of FRANCIS M. LANG, JASPER E.
LANG and LINDSEY I. LANG are unknown at this time. No additional
census or other information has been found on them.

James
F. Lang b. 1870 married N.M.________ ca.1887 probably in Coweta Co. They
were listed in 1900 Coweta Co census with two children, G.G. LANG (F) b.Jul1888
and W.B. LANG (M) b.May1894. No further info known of them.

MARY
FRANCIS LANG (Elizabeth Lang / Thomas Grimer Lang)

Mary
Francis Lang b.1859 married SIMEON PEEPLES OSMORE ca.1888 in Coweta Co.
They had at least five children, ROBERT (b.Aug1889), MILLARD
(b.Sep1891 d.Aug1897), RICHARD (b.Nov1892 d.18Jun1923), JOHN
(b.May1896) and STELLA (b.Feb1899). Family is listed in 1900 census of
Coweta Co.

MARY FRANCIS (LANG) OSMOREb.12Dec1859d.19Oct1952.

SIMEON PEEPLES OSMOREb.29Aug1859d.13Apr1921.

They
are listed in 1900 Coweta Co Census Pg-97b. Both are buried in Andrews Chapel
Cemetery, Coweta Co GA, along with their sons Millard Osmore and Richard Allen
Osmore.

They
had at least 3 sons prior to her death in 1899 (MARY J. RAKESTRAW LANG
b.03May1856 d.19Oct1899 Paulding Co GA). The 1880 Paulding Co GA census lists
son with initials J.L. b.1879. 1900 census lists son ROBERT S. b.Aug1879
and son WILLIAM F. b.Jun1882. (Some confusion exists over these names;
See 1900 Paulding Co GA census) MARY J RAKESTRAW LANG is buried in Poplar
Springs Baptist Chruch cemetery near Hiram GA. It appears that one of the 3
sons died prior to the 1900 census, as the census indicates that they had born
3 children with 2 living.

JAMES
WOODSON LANG
married (2)LORETTA EVELINE STORY 03May1891 Paulding Co. after the death
of his first wife. Children of James Woodson Lang and Loretta Eveline Story:

GRADY LANG

WALTER LANG

MARY ELIZABETH (Janie) LANG

JAMES EARLY LANGb.1903 d.1975 buried in Shingler GA cemetery

m. ADA CHAMPION LANG b.d.buried in Shingler GA
cemetery

MICHAEL REDWINE
LANG family

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MICHAEL
REDWINE LANG (Thomas Newton / Thomas Grimer)

MICHAEL
REDWINE LANG b.1860 married (1)ELIZA M. HEAD in 1892 probably in Smith
Co. TX. They had a son THELMER G. LANG. Census records indicate they had
another child that died. They were listed in 1900 Smith Co TX census Pg-10(?).